Dr. Andrew Adamich with Highland Vision Center has announced that Ingrid Malberg has earned the status of certified optometric vision therapist. On April 15, Malberg was among 27 international vision therapists awarded certification at the 46th annual College of Optometrists and Vision Development meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.
Highland Vision is located at 49 W. Mill Street in Bayfield. For more information, call 884-2020.
With veteran journeyman Lineman Bruce Crangle retiring after 39 years at La Plata Electric Association, opportunities have opened up for others in LPEA's Operations team.
Journeyman Lineman Ryan Peacock will assume Crangle's position in substation maintenance. Peacock's position as working foreman is now filled by journeyman lineman Bill Holtsford. Evan Moore has entered LPEA's apprentice lineman program.
Crangle came to the cooperative at age 20 working initially as a groundman, but after five months he entered the four-year apprentice lineman program. As a journeyman lineman, he worked the line crews for 17 years until moving into substation maintenance, the department responsible for maintaining LPEA's substations and regulators,
Newly arrived in substation maintenance, Peacock began his career in construction, during which time he initiated his lineman apprenticeship. He joined LPEA in 1998 and completed his journeyman lineman in 2000. He worked the line crews for six years, served as a serviceman for eight, and was promoted to working foreman overseeing a crew in 2014.
Holtsford joined LPEA's line crews in 2013, though he had been in La Plata County for 15 years working for a variety of electric contractors. He has been in the industry nearly 40 years, employed in 20 different states. He earned his journeyman lineman in North Carolina, his "home" state. Now, as a working foreman, he is one of the four men who make up a hot crew, and will oversee his team and ensure safety and quality control.
Moore was born and raised in Dolores. He enrolled in Mesa Hotline School in Grand Junction, and upon graduation, joined LPEA's apprentice lineman program. Moore will earn his journeyman lineman status in four years.
